Overlawyered » defense lawyers http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Before hiring a criminal defense lawyer… http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/before-hiring-a-criminal-defense-lawyer/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/before-hiring-a-criminal-defense-lawyer/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:16:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24818 …consider this cautionary tale [Brian Tannebaum].

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  • Free-Range Kids highlight roundup: Tenn. mom faces child neglect charges if she lets her 5th grader ride bike to school (more); “An Alert for an 11-y.o. Missing for 2 Hours?“; “As recently as 1979, a first-grader could…”
  • Political crusades against chain stores are nothing new [Perry]
  • “Are You a Surgeon? Sorry, You’re Going to Face a Malpractice Claim By Age 65″ [WSJ Health Blog] Was patient an “obvious” stroke victim? [Duluth N-T via WhiteCoat] Malpractice risks with special needs patients [KevinMD]
  • Ethics trial begins for former Maricopa County attorney and Overlawyered favorite Andrew Thomas [ABA Journal]
  • Has defense lawyer in Connecticut home invasion case gone too far? [NYT]
  • “Reason.tv: Regulation and the Entrepreneur”
  • “A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized” [Balko, Hinkle, more]
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  • Claim: unwanted sugar in Dunkin’ Donuts coffee order sent customer into diabetic shock [AP]
  • Schadenfreude aside, key theory in feds’ case against John Edwards looking mighty strained [Meck Deck/John Locke Foundation, Steve Hayward/Power Line, Ted Frank, Jacob Sullum] “They’ve indicted one former presidential candidate on one count of false statements?” [Caleb Brown] American Lawyer looks back at the law firms that backed Edwards in 2008; our coverage of his ‘04 law-firm backers and of moneyman Fred Baron, and my commentary on Baron’s ethical standards;
  • Edwards-reminiscent? Theory that earlier C-section would have averted cerebral palsy nets $58 M verdict [Thomas Scheffey, Connecticut Law Tribune]
  • Carter Wood, key business-policy blogger, departs NAM for Business Roundtable;
  • Tenderer tort-law treatment for trespassers, courtesy 3rd Restatement? [David Freddoso/Examiner, Richard Cupp via TortsProf]
  • Non-shockingly, some litigation defense lawyers aren’t enthusiastic about lawsuit reform [Texas Lawyer]
  • “Attorney charged with stealing clerk’s textbook from courtroom” [Baltimore Sun]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-7-roundup-3/feed/ 5     “Please trick the old lady to say that she did not see the shooting…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/please-trick-the-old-lady-to-say-that-she-did-not-see-the-shooting/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/please-trick-the-old-lady-to-say-that-she-did-not-see-the-shooting/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:05:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22464 Great moments in criminal defense, as revealed at a murder trial in Washington, D.C. [WaPo] Eric Turkewitz has many more links on the story, and also is put in mind of a lawyer advertising angle.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/please-trick-the-old-lady-to-say-that-she-did-not-see-the-shooting/feed/ 0     “Lawyer Who Billed Fla. for More than 24 Hours in a Day Won’t Be Disciplined” http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/lawyer-who-billed-fla-for-more-than-24-hours-in-a-day-won%e2%80%99t-be-disciplined/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/lawyer-who-billed-fla-for-more-than-24-hours-in-a-day-won%e2%80%99t-be-disciplined/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:32:15 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20126 A disciplinary committee said it lacked probable cause to charge a court-appointed criminal defense lawyer from Jacksonville, though it described his billing standards as “not consistent with the high standards of our profession.” [ABA Journal, Florida Times-Union]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/lawyer-who-billed-fla-for-more-than-24-hours-in-a-day-won%e2%80%99t-be-disciplined/feed/ 6     October 11 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/october-11-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/october-11-roundup/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:09:19 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19630
  • “Feds seek to halt inmate’s frequent lawsuits” [AP; J.L. Riches]
  • “SeaWorld Blasts ‘Improper’ Suit Over Trainer’s Death” [OnPoint News, earlier]
  • Does new NY law serve as road map for charities that wish to defy donor intent? [CultureGrrl]
  • Cruise ship case an example of tensions that arise when defense lawyers jump fence to join plaintiffs’ side [Julie Kay, DBR]
  • More on Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal’s “my lawsuits create jobs” stance [Bainbridge; related, New York Times Magazine (opponent MacMahon: "His business is suing people.")]
  • Australia: “Autistic student sues over test” [The Age]
  • “The most conservative court? Hardly” [Jacoby, Globe] And Justice Breyer, for one, has “rejected the notion that the U.S. Supreme Court has a pro-business slant and said the court doesn’t rule in favor of companies any more frequently than it has historically.” [Bloomberg via Adler, Volokh]
  • “Abducted by aliens? Call now for compensation” [four years ago on Overlawyered; Germany]
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  • Update: “Tax Panel Rejects Lawyer’s Bid to Deduct Spending for Sex” [NYLJ, William Barrett/Forbes, earlier] And: “Musings on laws affecting adult entertainment, alcoholic beverages and other ‘vice’ industries” [Meeting the Sin Laws blog]
  • Mississippi: judge jails lawyer for not saying Pledge of Allegiance [Freeland]
  • More on much-written-about Israeli “rape by fraud” case [Volokh, more, earlier here and here]
  • “Tribune bankruptcy talks complicated by emergence of pugnacious hedge fund” [Romenesko; earlier on involvement of hedge funds in bankruptcies]
  • More disturbing tales from Connecticut probate court [Rick Green, Hartford Courant, earlier]
  • Marc Williams of the Defense Research Institute responds to Ted Frank’s criticism of many defense lawyers [PoL]
  • Advice for Australians: to fix your litigation system, look to Germany’s success [Ackland, Sydney Morning Herald]
  • Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.) & ’70s band Orleans threaten suit against GOP remix ["Orleans Reunion Tour"]
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  • “If someone wants to sue you, they can. Easily, too.” Amy Wallace on being sued over her vaccine story [Reporting on Health, earlier]
  • Jury tells Ford to pay $131 million after minor league ballplayer crashes Explorer at 80 mph+ [WaPo]
  • Winnipeg judge scandal has sex, race, coercion and most riveting of all a legal ethics angle [Alice Woolley, LEF]
  • “$667M Nursing Home Verdict Surprised Even the Plaintiffs’ Lawyers” [ABA Journal, earlier]
  • “Maryland Woman Sues After Being Banned by Facebook” [Kashmir Hill/Forbes, MSNBC "Technolog"]
  • The trouble with (some) defense-side trial lawyers [Ted Frank, CCAF] And: defense bar briefing prosecutorial agencies on ins and outs of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ethics/loyalty problem in that, or no? [Koehler]
  • Bow-tied troll? Patent-marking suits hit the big time [WSJ Law Blog and more, ABA Journal, Glenn Lammi/Forbes]
  • “A girl named Sue who sues and sues and sues” [SE Tex Record]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/september-7-roundup/feed/ 8     “The Five Creepiest Defense Attorney Websites” http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/the-five-creepiest-defense-attorney-websites/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/the-five-creepiest-defense-attorney-websites/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:48:57 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=15829 Whether or not these are the very creepiest, Cracked has found some instances where law firms might want to rethink the artwork or slogans on their sites. Not included, mercifully, is the Texas law firm that yanked several tasteless stock photos from its website last year after setting off a blogosphere furor.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/the-five-creepiest-defense-attorney-websites/feed/ 3     Jack Litman, 1943-2010 http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/jack-litman-1943-2010/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/jack-litman-1943-2010/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:07:06 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=15735 I met the noted criminal defense lawyer once when we appeared on the same talk show. Somehow I didn’t realize he was the one who defended Oliver Jovanovic, target of a dubious (to say the least) sex-crime prosecution in the 1990s. [Gillers, Legal Ethics Forum]

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